Welcome to the research guide for Physical Therapy! On this page you will find access to Physical Therapy books, peer-reviewed articles, and multimedia. Check the web resources and help tabs for additional information and research assistance.
Search the Electronic Book Center for instant access to e-books on your topic:
Search the Lakeland Library catalog for additional print books in our Library:
Search the OhioLINK catalog for print books and e-books in academic libraries throughout Ohio:
Principles of Health: Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy by 
Therapeutic Agents for the Physical Therapy Assistant by 
Fundamental Orthopedic Management for the Physical Therapist Assistant by When using one of the library databases, make your searching easier by using these tips!
Keywords—Keywords are one way to create search strategies to locate relevant information on your topic. Keywords are the most significant words and phrases associated with your topic.
Quotation Marks/Phrase Searching—Use quotation marks to search for a specific phrase.
Example: “physical therapy”
Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT
And—narrows a search by inclusion.
Example: "physical therapy" AND "hamstring strain" retrieves only sources that include both search terms, which limits the number of results.
Or—expands a search.
Example: "physical therapy" OR physiotherapy OR PT will retrieve sources containing either term, expanding your pool of resources.
Not—narrows a search by exclusion.
Example: "physical therapy" NOT pediatric retrieves only sources that contain the first keyword, eliminating sources for keywords that follow not.
Truncation—Usually using an asterisk*, increases the number of results you’ll retrieve by searching for variant endings of a word root.
Example: therap* retrieves therapy, therapies, therapeutic, etc..
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